חֶרֶסchereç
חֶ֫רֶס: sun (Judges 14:18; Job 9:7)
Pronunciation: kheh'-res · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2775
Meanings
חֶ֫רֶס: itch, an eruptive disease (Deuteronomy 28:27)
Same root
- חַרְסוּתcharçûwth · H2777a potsherd, i.e. (by implication) a pottery; the name of a gate at Jerusalem
- חַרְחַסCharchaç · H2745Charchas, an Israelite
- חֶרֶסChereç · H2776Cheres, a mountain in Palestine
- חֶרֶשׂcheres · H2789a piece of pottery
- תִּמְנַת חֶרֶסTimnath Chereç · H8556Timnath-Cheres, a place in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 28:27 “The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, scurvy, and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.
- Judges 14:18 So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson with their answer: “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” Samson replied, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have solved my riddle!”
- Job 9:7 If he commands it, the sun won’t rise and the stars won’t shine.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).